Paleomagnetism and Mineralogy of Unusual Silicate Glasses and Baked Soils on the Surface of the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile: A Major Airburst Impact ~12ka ago?.
Pierrick Jean Roperch1, Nicolas Blanco2, Millarca Valenzuela3, Jerome Gattacceca4, Bertrand Devouard5, Jean-Pierre Lorand6, Andrew J Tomlinson2, Cesar Arriagada7 and Pierre Rochette8, (1)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (2)SERNAGEOMIN National Geology and Mining Service, Santiago, Chile, (3)Instituto astrofisica PUC, Santiago, Chile, (4)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France, (5)CEREGE, Aix-Marseille Université / CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France, (6)LPGN Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 03, France, (7)University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (8)CEREGE ARBOIS, Aix En Provence, France